Human rights topics

"The child, by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth"

Development, n. the progressive realisation of human rights.

"Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control."

Organisations and websites dedicated to economic, social and cultural rights.

"Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free...in the elementary and fundamental stages....Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit. Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights.... "

The right to live in a healthy or satisfactory environment.

A focus on the rights of migrants and refugees.

"Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers"

"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights."

Human Rights links of a general or cross-cutting nature.

The history of human rights.

"Indigenous peoples have the right to the full and effective enjoyment of all of the human rights and fundamental freedoms which are recognized in the Charter of the United Nations and in the human rights law. Indigenous individuals and peoples are free and equal to all other individuals and peoples in dignity and rights, and have the right to be free from any kind of adverse discrimination, in particular that based on their indigenous origin or identity. Indigenous people have the right of self-determination...."

Including the arms trade and the International Criminal Court.

"Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family..."

Topics with a strong regional focus.

Technology and human rights.

"No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."